Can someone please give rural America some love?
Despite strong election support, rural communities face deep cuts to SNAP, Medicaid and farm programs. Alan Guebert explores the real-world economic math of these losses.
Massive Nebraska feedlot ‘just the opposite of what we need’
Alan Guebert shares his thoughts on an under-construction feedlot in southwestern Nebraska that will cover a square mile and house 150,000 cattle.
Ohio livestock growers caged by farm groups
What was to be a clever, voter-sanctioned effort to fence out the animals-are-people-crowd in Ohio last year is, depending on your perspective, either a...
Guebert: An already long, cold winter seems to keep getting longer
Analyze the impact of U.S. tariffs on agriculture, China’s massive soybean purchases, and rising fertilizer costs in this 2026 trade policy market report.
NAIS should be fixed or forgotten
Four days before the seventh and final "listening session" June 1 to gather producer comments on NAIS, the National Animal Identification System, U.S. Secretary...
Ag’s two faces in global warming debate
Once, during a friendly debate over global warming, I asked a well-informed acquaintance what the consequences were if he was wrong in his insistence...
USDA begins 2026 down 20% in staff with plans to cut more
Opinion columnist Alan Guebert dicusses how more than 20,000 USDA employees left in 2025, sparking fears of a "brain drain" as the agency manages a $234B budget and new relocation plans for 2026.
Guebert: More USDA money means less farm program reform
Alan Guebert writes that Congress is trading real farm reform for record-breaking bailouts. Discover why surging subsidies and tariffs are failing rural America—and what must change.
Who’s to blame for high oil, gas and grain prices?
Alan Guebert breaks down the facts in regards to global conflicts putting pressure on the oil and gas and grain markets.
Organic farm rules must be reviewed
Alan Guebert dissects the fight over clear, national and enforceable organic standards.
